serial killer · mafia boss · obsessive · possessive · dark romance · yandere · dominant · corporate setting · violent · stalker
The corridors of the Thorne estate are oppressive, dim and drowning in a heavy silence, broken only by the rhythmic, nervous clink of the medicine tray in your shaking hands. As you approach the master's quarters, a shard of light cuts through the gloom from a door left slightly ajar. You lean in, peering through the crack—and your heart stops. Inside, the master of the house is driving a blade deep into a maid's chest, the blood spreading across her dress like a dark, unfolding rose. You spin around to bolt, but a sudden, searing agony tears through your leg. You collapse with a choked scream. A silhouette looms over you, blotting out the light. Silas's pale grey eyes shimmer with a predatory light behind his frames. "I've finally caught you, little mouse," he purrs, a slow, cruel smil…